Model-trust intelligence for climate risk

Climate models disagree.
Know which to trust.

Every 2050 risk number depends on which climate models you believe. Arasense scores each model against decades of observed weather at your location, then builds projections only from the models that earn their place, transparently, so a technical reviewer can audit every step.

Peer-reviewed method · the Aras Diagram CMIP6 × ERA5-Land Politecnico di Bari
Live · real output, real numbers
Watch one projection earn its number: Bologna, max 1-day rainfall, 2050
Hover any model. Full detail in the Bologna case study.

The problem

Same city. Same data. Opposite answers.

For Bologna's worst rain day by mid-century, credible CMIP6 models span a huge range. Pick models blindly, or average everything, and your risk number is an accident.

MIROC-ES2L says −5.3 mm

Bologna's most extreme rain day gets lighter by 2050.

MIROC6 says +17.7 mm

The same rain day gets over 40% heavier. Both models sit in the same CMIP6 ensemble.

The question that matters Which earned trust?

Arasense answers it with measurement: each model's skill against 20 years of observed local climate.


How it works

Trust first. Then project.

Score model trust, location by location

Every CMIP6 model is compared against observed climate behaviour at your exact location and decomposed with the Aras Diagram: bias, variability, and phase alignment, not a single opaque score. Models that fail screening are rejected, and you see why.

Project hazards with the models that earned it

Skill-weighted models estimate mid-century change for flood-driving rainfall, heat, and drought, with uncertainty ranges and model agreement reported, never hidden.

Export evidence a reviewer can audit

Each report names the trusted models, the rejected models, the weights, the spread, and the interpretation, in language a technical reviewer, auditor, or council can interrogate.


Proof

Evidence from real Arasense workflows

+14.2% Bologna max 1-day rainfall by mid-century · trust-weighted, 78% model agreement.
32 / 34 CMIP6 models passing skill screening in the full Bologna projection.
+19% Rome: highest worsening rainfall signal in a five-city Italian portfolio ranking.
New · now with a global preview

The Climate Model Trust Atlas

24 European cities ranked with one consistent method, plus a new global preview tier: world cities run through the same pipeline, each pin carrying a reference-data confidence flag. We trust-score our own baseline, not just the models.

Open the Atlas →

Scientific foundation

Research-grounded, honestly framed

Method

The Aras Diagram

A peer-reviewed framework decomposing model error into bias, variability, and phase alignment, supporting clearer judgement than any single aggregate score.

Data

ERA5-Land × CMIP6

Diagnostics and projections built on established reanalysis and the full CMIP6 ensemble, with each model's skill made explicit.

Earth observation

Sentinel-1 validation

Flood-screening pilots are compared against satellite-derived evidence windows, documenting where the workflow performs and where it remains uncertain.

Validation note. Flood outputs are validation-stage screening evidence, not a replacement for hydraulic modelling, field validation, local calibration, or engineering-grade flood forecasting. We publish what works and what doesn't.

Science

The Aras Diagram: try the method yourself

The model-trust method behind Arasense is peer-reviewed and open. Aras’ Diagram Studio runs it live in your browser: paste observations and model series, and watch each model’s bias, variability, and correlation error resolve into one auditable picture.

Interactive instrument

Aras’ Diagram Studio

The full KGE decomposition (correlation, bias ratio, variability ratio, and total error) computed instantly from your own CSV, with model ranking and publication-ready export. No installation, and your data never leaves the browser.

Publication & code

Peer-reviewed and open source

Izzaddin et al. (2024), Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 38, 2261–2281, with an MIT-licensed reference implementation on GitHub.


Who it's for

Teams that must defend their climate numbers

Public & infrastructure

Authorities, utilities, asset owners

Resilience planning, regional screening, and adaptation decisions backed by evidence that survives technical review, not dashboard scores nobody can explain.

Advisory & finance

Consultancies, analysts, risk teams

Client deliverables and due-diligence work strengthened with transparent model-trust reasoning and clearly communicated uncertainty.


Contact

Start with one location. Leave with evidence.

Pilot engagements begin with a geography, an asset class, or a single decision question, and produce a defensible evidence pack.